General Information

Terms

Prices are for 1 performance only. Extra performances within a 30-day period are pro-rated at +50% for the 2nd performance, and +25% each for the 3rd performance and beyond. A charge will be made for materials lost or not erased (except for bowings). There is a restocking fee of $50 if cancellation notice is received BEFORE contracted performance date. We DO NOT refund for "rain outs." We DO NOT CHARGE EXTRA for longer rental periods. If your orchestra needs more time for rehearsals, that's just fine with us!
Sets usually ship with 8/7/6/5/4 strings. Some older sets have 8/8/5/5/5 strings.

Payment

We prefer payment by check, but you can pay us via PayPal using your credit card. However, if using PayPal, we must add a 3% surcharge to cover PayPal's charges to us. Only in this way can we keep our prices as low as possible for the majority of our clients.

PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Shipping

Prices include priority mail shipping within the United States. Overnight shipping is available at an extra charge, or on your own FEDEX account. For orders from outside the United States, international shipping and currency conversion charges apply. BMI and ASCAP fees are NOT included and are the responsibility of the performing organization. Payment must accompany your order. - International Orders, recipient is responsible for any tariffs or import duties! Return shipping is the responsibility of the client.

Online Ordering

For your convenience, orders can be submitted via our online order form which is now available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, and Italian! Most orders received during business hours are processed within 60 minutes or less! Just click here to order.

Questions?

For additional information, or to place an order, send us an e-mail or use the online order form, otherwise phone or fax us at (212) 928-9094,

Robert Wendel

Pops Conductor/Composer

Born in 1951, Robert Wendel studied conducting with Harold Farberman, Brian Priestman, and Michael Charry, and composition and orchestration with Leroy Anderson and Hale Smith. He has guest conducted many of the major symphony orchestras in America including the Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Minnesota, Baltimore, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Dallas Symphony orchestras, and has toured the US and Europe as conductor for Harry Connick Jr., culminating in the PBS special "Romance From Paris" and concert for the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.

In addition, Robert has been conductor and arranger for Carol Channing, Rita Moreno and other stars, and has written for musical theater, symphony orchestra, PBS-TV, the 1993 Presidential Inauguration and "Cirque de la Symphonie." He created and conducted an entire concert saluting the cartoon music of Hanna-Barbera Productions for the San Bernardino Symphony, and an evening of "Two Centuries of American Music" as the first conductor to take the podium of the New Britain Symphony after the retirement of Jerome Laszloffy, its Music Director of 38 years.

His "Fanfare For Freedom" has already become a staple in the symphonic Memorial Day and July 4th repertory, and his arrangements are frequently heard at Cincinnati Pops Concerts and were featured on several of their TV broadcasts. Two of his Christmas arrangements have been recorded by the Cincinnati Pops with Erich Kunzel for Telarc. Robert's "Commemoration," performed at a memorial concert remembering the Challenger Astronauts and played on the Kennedy Space Center launch pad has also been adopted as almost a memorial "anthem" in concerts across the USA after the events of 9-11-2001. It has been recorded on ABC Classics by the Tasmanian Symphony, and was featured live coast-to-coast in the 2006 National Memorial Day Concert on PBS to dedicate the WW II Monument, again on the 2009 concert as part of a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, and yet again in 2011 as part of Gen. Colin Powell's welcoming home of our troops and most recently it was featured on the 2017 concert conducted by Jack Everly to honor the Tuskeegee Airmen and all WWII veterans.

As composer, arranger and publisher, he has supplied Pops music to the top 400 orchestras in America, Europe, Canada, Southeast Asia, and Australia, and his work has been featured NBC's "Today" program, and in commercials for QVC and Wal-Mart. He was also called upon as editor, arranger, and orchestrator for numerous Leroy Anderson works, some being recorded for the first time, for the Naxos complete Leroy Anderson Centennial recordings conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

Originally from Bridgeport, CT and an alumnus of Fairfield Prep and The University Of Connecticut, Robert now makes his home in New York City. In his spare time, he is a tornado chaser, an amateur astronomer, a telescope maker, and a pyrotechnics afficionado.

Repertoire and Booking

For repertoire and booking information, please phone or fax us at (212) 928-9094, or send us an e-mail